[Copernicus]

I think we can file this in the unfortuate shit happens file.

Actually public school happens. I had to browbeat some semi-literate installation crew into properly installing a 5x8 mirror in store when they A. Didn't have the adhesive in the truck. B. Were too blase' about the consequences of mechanical fasteners not installed according to specifications.

Stay alert. The pigeons of ignorance are coming home to roost.

Be sure to thank a teacher.

Best regards,

[annyokie]

My mother was a controller at Diablo Canyon Nuclear Poer Plant some years ago, and the horror stories she told me about the contractors for Brown were enough to raise your hair.

Wheelbarrows left in the towers, beer cans everywhere, etc.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Be sure to thank a teacher.

Hey you stupid freak! Yes, you! A LOT of teachers in public school are VERY competent and do their jobs correctly. How dare you make an offhand comment like that? Some of us are harrassed mercilessly for our conservative views. Why don't you start talking about the wretched school boards, superintendents who think they are God-appointed kings, and irrational parents?

A LOT more teachers are trying to do the job right than many of you here believe. And, how much support do we get from the likes of you and some of the rest? NONE. When I've stood up for what is right in the classroom (telling them exactly what Bill Clinton was like when he FIRST ran for president) and getting shown the door...who stood up for me? No one. I could go on and on with examples of spineless people living in America who will not stand up for what is right and want to blame everyone else. However, I believe I'll go read a reasonable thread where you are NOT posting.

[Pardon Me]

I take your "thank a teacher" remark very personally. I have been a teacher for 25 years, and I do not appreciate that kind of treatment here.